There are (or were--one of them died a few months ago of Alzheimers, in her mid-80s) a pair of twins who were a near-daily site in downtown San Francisco for as long as anybody can remember--many decades, at least. Here's what they looked like on a typical day:

They were always together, two 5' tall, 100 lb old ladies, and always dressed exactly the same, same makeup, wigs, and accessories, virtually always wearing something flamboyent, usually walking arm-in-arm. I do remember one time several years ago, though, when I saw them walking down the street after they had apparently had an argument and were pissed at each other--although they were still dressed the same and heading in the same direction, one was walking on one side of Market Street, and the other was walking "with" her all the way across the other side of the street.

Cyberluddite:There are (or were--one of them died a few months ago of Alzheimers, in her mid-80s) a pair of twins who were a near-daily site in downtown San Francisco for as long as anybody can remember--many decades, at least. Here's what they looked like on a typical day:

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They were always together, two 5' tall, 100 lb old ladies, and always dressed exactly the same, same makeup, wigs, and accessories, virtually always wearing something flamboyent, usually walking arm-in-arm. I do remember one time several years ago, though, when I saw them walking down the street after they had apparently had an argument and were pissed at each other--although they were still dressed the same and heading in the same direction, one was walking on one side of Market Street, and the other was walking "with" her all the way across the other side of the street.

If I ran into them in the street I would start looking around for some guy in black robes carrying a scythe because I have never seen a better harbinger of imminent death than the faces of those two old twins.

JohnAnnArbor:James!: JohnAnnArbor: There were two sets of identical twins in the US who did this kind of thing--and were two married couples, living in the same house.

I bet the amount of "Oops I thought you were my wife/husband" in that house is reaching pornographic levels.

They were clear that their were strict protocols of making sure you know who you're talking to before starting conversations.

"I am Dave, are you my wife Carol?""Yes Dave I am your wife, Carol.""Excellent, I Dave would like to initiate some sweet farking with you, Carol.""I, Carol, would also enjoy that, Dave."***Sweet farking***"HAHA Carol, I am not in fact Dave, but Daniel!""HO HO Daniel, for I am in fact Karen!""Oops, I farked my wife!"

We had two girls like this at my law school we nicknamed "the creepy X-files twins". Not only were they identical, but they dressed alike, took all the same classes and hung out together at all times. Basically they did EVERYTHING together (which promoted many pointed questions to thier boyfriends). Now add to that the fact that the looked very young (first time I saw them I thought they were the daughters of a professor, and 13-14 years old tops) and had "Little girl" voices, and the overall effect was both creepy and wrong. I finally was extremely blunt with one of them after she was near tears after her round of "on Campus interviews" Freshman year (Big firms come to law schools and interview selct students in the top 25% of the class with an eye towards hiring them as summer interns and putting them on track to work for them after law school). She was convinced none of the interviewers were taking her seriously or giving her any real consideration. She then revealed that she and her sister had selected all the same firms to interview with, and generally (because the list tends to be alphabetical) interview one right after the other.

I asked her what the fark she EXPECTED to happen when she and her sister ran around making the interviewers feel like they were in some sort of twisted sequel to "the Parent Trap"? And then laid out chapter and verse the bizarre impression they'd been giving off to their fellow students. She looked at me like she was amazed and had never heard this before or even seriously considered it (and wasn;t too happy with me for being so blunt with her), but I did notice that after that, they at least stopped dressing the same

James!:JohnAnnArbor: James!: JohnAnnArbor: There were two sets of identical twins in the US who did this kind of thing--and were two married couples, living in the same house.

I bet the amount of "Oops I thought you were my wife/husband" in that house is reaching pornographic levels.

They were clear that their were strict protocols of making sure you know who you're talking to before starting conversations.

"I am Dave, are you my wife Carol?""Yes Dave I am your wife, Carol.""Excellent, I Dave would like to initiate some sweet farking with you, Carol.""I, Carol, would also enjoy that, Dave."***Sweet farking***"HAHA Carol, I am not in fact Dave, but Daniel!""HO HO Daniel, for I am in fact Karen!""Oops, I farked my wife!"

I wonder if they play games of blindfolded "Guess Who?" You know, for science!